Van Buren township, Jackson County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (44% naturalized citizens)

Van Buren township:

1.2%

Whole state:

2.7%

59% of Van Buren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Missouri.

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)

Registered nurses (6%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:

German (26.9%)

English (13.0%)

Irish (11.8%)

United States or American (11.8%)

Italian (3.0%)

Scotch-Irish (2.5%)

French (except Basque) (2.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Germany (15%)

Ukraine (12%)

Other Eastern Europe (12%)

Other Northern Europe (7%)

Hungary (6%)

Dominican Republic (6%)

Austria (5%)

Means of transportation to work:

Drove a car alone: 3,003 (84%)

Carpooled: 330 (9%)

Motorcycle: 7 (0%)

Bicycle: 6 (0%)

Walked: 25 (1%)

Other means: 13 (0%)

Worked at home: 195 (5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (38%)

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)

Electricity (27%)

Wood (4%)

Other fuel (1%)

97.3% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).